PRATHAM

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PRATHAM is classified as:

Amateur radio
Space & Earth Science
CubeSats

NORAD ID: 41783

Int'l Code: 2016-059A

Perigee: 659.6 km

Apogee: 707.3 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 98.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7054 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: September 26, 2016
Source: India (IND)
Launch site: SRIHARIKOTA (SRI)

Uplink (MHz):
Downlink (MHz): 437.455
Beacon (MHz): 145.980
Mode: 1200bps AFSK CW
Call sign: PRATHAM
Status: Inactive

PRATHAM is an Indian ionospheric research satellite which will be operated by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay as part of the Student Satellite Initiative. Its primary mission is to count electrons in the Earth's ionosphere.

1 41783U 16059A   24251.77220685  .00003733  00000-0  69567-3 0  9997
2 41783  97.8353 267.2426 0033800 117.5215 242.9431 14.65228830424638

Source of the keplerian elements: AMSAT